Terms of Service.

1. Who We Are and Definitions

• "We", "us", "our" means Alexander Lukashov, an independent software author. Address: 15A Hercegovacka, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. Email: hello@getnotch.co.
• "You" means the person or organization that uses Notch.
• "App" means the Notch desktop application for macOS and Windows, including its updates.
• "Cloud Service" means the online service that stores and plays the recordings you publish, including Link pages on notch.watch and the account dashboard at app.getnotch.co.
• "Link" means a web page on the Cloud Service that plays a recording you published with Quick share or Publish.
• "Content" means the recordings, titles, thumbnails, captions, and any other material you upload to the Cloud Service.

2. The Desktop App

2.1 Free for any lawful use. We grant you a free, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and use the App on devices you own or control, for any lawful purpose, personal or commercial. This includes paid client work, internal business use, and content that earns money. There is no license fee.

2.2 Recording is local. The App records and edits on your computer. A recording leaves your computer only when you choose Quick share or Publish, which uploads it to the Cloud Service.

2.3 Restrictions. You may not sell, rent, or redistribute the App as your own product, remove its copyright notices, or reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble it, except where applicable law allows this despite this restriction.

2.4 Updates. We may release updates and may add, change, or remove features. We are not obliged to keep any feature, to support older versions, or to keep releasing updates.

3. Accounts

You do not need an account to record, edit, or export. To keep the Links you publish, you create a free account by signing in with your email address. We send a sign-in link to that address, so you need access to it to use your account.

You are responsible for keeping access to your email address secure and for what happens under your account. Tell us at hello@getnotch.co if you think someone else has accessed it.

Notch is not meant for children under 16. Do not create an account if you are under 16.

4. Links Without an Account

You can publish a limited number of Links without an account, within the size and length limits shown in the App. A Link published without an account expires after 30 days unless you sign in and keep it in an account. After a Link expires it stops playing, and we may delete its recording.

5. Storage and Limits

Each account has a storage limit. A free account includes 5 GB. When you reach your limit, you cannot publish new Links until you delete some or move to a plan with more storage. We will not delete your Links just because you reached your limit.

We may set other reasonable limits, such as limits on file size, upload rate, or the number of requests, to keep the Cloud Service working for everyone.

6. Your Content

6.1 You own it. You keep all rights to your recordings and other Content. We do not claim ownership of anything you make with Notch.

6.2 The license you give us. When you publish Content, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to store, copy, process, and display it, only as needed to run the Cloud Service and to show your Links to the people who open them. This license ends when you delete the Content or your account, except for anything we must keep by law.

6.3 Who can see a Link. Anyone who has a Link's address can watch it. Links are not listed on our site, but you decide who gets the address and you are responsible for sharing it.

6.4 Your responsibility. You confirm that you have the rights to everything you publish, including the permission of people who appear or speak in your recordings where the law requires it.

7. Acceptable Use

You may not use Notch, and especially the Cloud Service, to publish or share Content that:

• is illegal where you are, or breaks the rights of others, including copyright, trademark, privacy, or publicity rights;
• sexually exploits or endangers children in any way;
• shows sexual or intimate content of a person without their consent;
• harasses, threatens, or incites violence or hatred against people or groups;
• promotes terrorism or violent extremism;
• contains malware, phishing, scams, or other deceptive material;
• exposes other people's personal data without a legal basis;
• is spam or unsolicited advertising.

You also may not try to break, overload, or probe the Cloud Service, get around its limits (for example by using many installs to publish more Links without an account), access other people's accounts or Content, or collect data from it with automated tools.

8. Reports, Removal, and Suspension

Every Link page has a "Report it" link at the bottom. Use it to tell us about a recording that should not be there. You can also write to hello@getnotch.co. A person reviews each report.

We may remove or disable any Content or Link, and suspend or close any account, if we believe it breaks these Terms or the law, or if we need to do so to protect people or the Cloud Service. Where the law allows, we may do this without notice. Removed Content may not be recoverable.

9. Deleting Content and Your Account

You can delete any of your Links from your dashboard at any time. To delete your account, use "Delete account" in the dashboard. We confirm the request with the email address on the account, then delete the account and everything published under it.

Deleted recordings cannot be restored. Keep your own copies. You can keep using the App without an account.

10. Paid Plans

We may offer optional paid plans. If you buy one, the price, billing, renewal, cancellation, and refund terms shown at the time of purchase apply in addition to these Terms. You do not need a paid plan to use the App.

11. Our Intellectual Property

All rights, title, and interest in the App and the Cloud Service, including source code, object code, documentation, design, structure, the Notch name and logo, and all derivative works, remain our exclusive property. The App is a work of authorship protected by copyright law and international intellectual property treaties. These Terms do not give you any ownership rights in Notch.

12. Third-Party Services

Notch relies on third-party providers for hosting, storage, email, and analytics. Our Privacy Policy lists them. Notch may link to third-party websites and services. We do not control them and are not responsible for them, and your use of them is governed by their own terms.

13. Support

You can consult the documentation, the troubleshooting page, and the in-app help at no cost. We answer email at hello@getnotch.co on a best-effort basis, without guaranteed response times or service levels.

14. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the App and the Cloud Service are provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that Notch will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful components, or that any Content will be stored or available for any period. The Cloud Service is not a backup. Nothing in this section affects statutory rights that cannot be waived or limited under applicable consumer protection laws.

15. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall we be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, data, Content, or business opportunities, arising out of or in connection with the use or inability to use the App or the Cloud Service. Our total aggregate liability under these Terms shall not exceed the total amount you paid us for Notch, if any. Nothing in this section excludes or limits liability for death, personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or any other liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law.

16. Termination

You may stop using Notch at any time. We may suspend or end your access to the Cloud Service, or terminate these Terms for you, if you breach them. After termination, your Links may stop working and you must stop using the App if we ask you to. Sections 6.4, 12, 15, 16, and 19 survive termination.

17. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The current version is always on this page, with the date it was last updated. If a change materially affects people with an account, we will try to tell them by email or in the App. By continuing to use Notch after changes are posted, you accept the updated Terms.

18. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Serbia. If you are a consumer residing in the European Union or another jurisdiction with mandatory consumer protection laws, nothing in these Terms deprives you of the protection afforded by the mandatory provisions of the law of your country of residence. Any disputes arising from these Terms shall be submitted to the competent courts in Belgrade, Serbia, except where mandatory law grants you the right to bring proceedings in the courts of your country of residence.

19. Contact

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